The Kelly Report, a new Congressional report on the state of minority health in the U.S. released at the September 2015 Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Health Braintrust, offers comprehensive legislative and policy solutions to improve health outcomes in minority communities....

We recently awarded over $42,000 to seven CTBR members as part of our 2015-2016 Professional Development Awards Program. We funded three expert mentor awards, six facility service fee awards, and one mini-sabbatical award.

The Expert Mentor Awards provides funds to junior or early career faculty to secure an outside expert mentor who offers guidance on pilot projects, developmental...

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The Center for Translational and Basic Research (CTBR) for Addressing Health Disparities and Improving Health Outcomes (formerly The Center for Study of Gene Structure and Function/Gene Center) is dedicated to enhancing infrastructure to support basic and translational/clinical research, and to reducing minority health disparities. The Center contains a cadre of 19 biomedical researchers focusing on the areas of Cancer, Neuro/Behavior, and Disease Prevention using telehealth e-platforms to serve the underserved populations.

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The CTBR is supported by a Research Centers in Minority Institutions Program grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (8 G12 MD007599) of the National Institutes of Health, the Weill Cornell Medical College Clinical & Translational Science Center (2UL1TR000457-06) of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health.